FILM (1 hour and 40 minutes): "13th," a Netflix documentary (Oct. 7, 2016)
From Kevin Gannon, history professor at Grand View University in Iowa:
There has never been a period in our history when the law-and-order branch of the state has not operated against the freedoms, the liberties, the options, the choices that have been available to the black community, generally speaking. And to ignore that racial heritage, to ignore that historical context, means that you can’t have an informed debate about the current state of blacks and police relationship today, 'cause this didn’t just appear out of nothing. This is the product of a centuries-long historical process. And to not reckon with that is to shut off solutions.
